Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Grenada

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Grenada in 2024 — 24.18%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 131. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 9.23 pp.

2024 24.18% +0.51 pp vs 2023
World rank 7of 131
Period maximum 36.68%2013
Period minimum 16.45%2005

Trend over time

1977–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Grenada, 1977–20241020304019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 33.41%1978: 36.48%1979: 32.68%1980: 32.94%1984: 30.6%1985: 27.29%1986: 25.07%1987: 27.22%1993: 25.47%1994: 26.61%1995: 27.47%1996: 26.17%1997: 23.31%1998: 20.34%1999: 20.17%2000: 18.4%2001: 20.15%2002: 21.61%2003: 17.85%2004: 23.6%2005: 16.45%2006: 18.7%2007: 18.21%2008: 20.87%2009: 24.09%2010: 23.43%2011: 25.39%2012: 24.6%2013: 36.68%2014: 27.28%2015: 25.35%2016: 23.65%2017: 22.36%2018: 21.18%2019: 23.32%2020: 24.56%2021: 24%2022: 24.35%2023: 23.67%2024: 24.18%
Change over the period: −9.23 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Grenada

Grenada 24.18%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Grenada, by year Grenada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.18 +0.51 pp
2023 23.67 −0.68 pp
2022 24.35 +0.35 pp
2021 24 −0.56 pp
2020 24.56 +1.24 pp
2019 23.32 +2.14 pp
2018 21.18 −1.18 pp
2017 22.36 −1.29 pp
2016 23.65 −1.7 pp
2015 25.35 −1.93 pp
2014 27.28 −9.4 pp
2013 36.68 +12.08 pp
2012 24.6 −0.79 pp
2011 25.39 +1.96 pp
2010 23.43 −0.66 pp
2009 24.09 +3.22 pp
2008 20.87 +2.66 pp
2007 18.21 −0.49 pp
2006 18.7 +2.25 pp
2005 16.45 −7.16 pp
2004 23.6 +5.75 pp
2003 17.85 −3.75 pp
2002 21.61 +1.46 pp
2001 20.15 +1.75 pp
2000 18.4 −1.77 pp
1999 20.17 −0.17 pp
1998 20.34 −2.96 pp
1997 23.31 −2.87 pp
1996 26.17 −1.3 pp
1995 27.47 +0.86 pp
1994 26.61 +1.14 pp
1993 25.47
1987 27.22 +2.15 pp
1986 25.07 −2.23 pp
1985 27.29 −3.3 pp
1984 30.6
1980 32.94 +0.25 pp
1979 32.68 −3.8 pp
1978 36.48 +3.07 pp
1977 33.41

About the indicator

The share of food in merchandise imports. The indicator reads as a measure of food dependence, but with a caveat: a high share occurs both in rich countries with little agriculture, where food is simply a large item of consumption, and in the poorest ones, where it means vulnerability to world grain prices. Comparing it with food insecurity and with the share of agriculture in the economy helps tell the two cases apart.

Important: A high value is not in itself a sign of trouble: in Singapore and Japan the share is high while the food supply is entirely secure. It is worth looking at together with food insecurity.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.